It would be fitting to say of Henri Tracol that throughout his life he called many sides of himself into action toward the "harmonious development" advocated by Russian spiritualist George Gurdjieff. For this reason, Gurdjieff's talks and interviews here are of greatest use to other seekers of truth. A sculptor, writer, traveler, journalist, and photographer who counted anthropologists and geographers among his ancestors, and once worked at the Musée de l'Homme in Paris, Tracol draws from a vast knowledge of these talks and of his own and other cultures, whether writing about Gurdjieff or ancient world traditions.